Functional Prerequisites of Regional and Community Development in the Process of Making of Global Information Society.

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This study tried to clarify the dynamic processes of the rise of global information, network society, and to show that the developments of communal or regional societies are essential in these processes.Theoretically this study examined tree theoretical currents of development, that is, Silicon Valley model of development, developmental state model of development and national development model of development (a variant of EU model of development). It is essential for he best theory of development today to pay attention or network society is rising in the process of Empire like globalization. Silicon Valley model is very important for today's social innovation, but the Empire like globalization is so problematic. Authoritarian States are definitely against the rise of network society. But state can still take very important role in development, if it is radically democratized. Therefore the combination between Silicon valley model and national development model which came from experiences of Scandinavian and Nordic countries.Empirically this study dealt with the Japanese national, regional and local government's policies and plans on information or network society. This study pointed out outstanding examples of these policies and plans. This study also analyzed the role of informatization and network in Okinawa prefecture and Hokkaido. Furthermore this study clarified that environmental issue, welfare issue, gender and age issue are closely related with informatization and network. In the nutshell, to solve these issues will make local, regional and global society possible.